Enlisted in the Confederate Army at Frankfort, Va., (now W.Va.) on March 13, 1863, as a private in Company C, 19th Virginia Cavalry, CSA. He was captured in Nicholas County, Va., (now W.Va.) on July 29, 1863, and was taken to Atheneum Prison as a POW where he arrived on September 13, 1863. Upon arrival he was described as age 44, 5' 10" tall, with dark hair and whiskers and blue eyes. His occupation was listed as blacksmith and his residence as Nicholas County. On September 17, 1863 he was transferred to Camp Chase at Columbus, Ohio. On January 14, 1864, he was again transferred to Rock Island Prison, Rock Island, Illinois, where he died of tuberculosis on December 3, 1864.
Enlisted in the Confederate Army at Frankfort, Va., (now W.Va.) on March 13, 1863, as a private in Company C, 19th Virginia Cavalry, CSA. He was captured in Nicholas County, Va., (now W.Va.) on July 29, 1863, and was taken to Atheneum Prison as a POW where he arrived on September 13, 1863. Upon arrival he was described as age 44, 5' 10" tall, with dark hair and whiskers and blue eyes. His occupation was listed as blacksmith and his residence as Nicholas County. On September 17, 1863 he was transferred to Camp Chase at Columbus, Ohio. On January 14, 1864, he was again transferred to Rock Island Prison, Rock Island, Illinois, where he died of tuberculosis on December 3, 1864.
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